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Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumFWIW, politics are dirty.
http://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-hillary-clinton-primary-616682A complaint filed against Sen. Bernie Sanders by a Hillary Clinton super PAC during the 2016 Democratic primary campaign was dismissed by the Federal Election Commission last month. Filed last April, the commission's decision, published by Politico Friday, was only placed on public record in recent days.
Just one day after the Clinton campaign said we needed to change our tone, the leaders of their coordinated super PAC, which is funded by millions from Wall Street, filed baseless and frivolous complaints with the FEC, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said at the end of March 2016. Tells you all you need to know.
...Brock wrote in January in an open letter to Sanders, posted on Medium.
He added: At times during the Democratic primary, I was criticized for being too aggressive in my support for Secretary Clintonand rightly so. Looking back, I recognize that there were a few moments when my drive to put Hillary in the White House led me to take too stiff a jab. I own up to that, I regret it, and I apologize to you and your supporters for it.
Despite ending almost a year ago, the ill feeling over the primary remains. A lawsuit accusing the Democratic National Committee of fraud, deceptive conduct and negligent misrepresentation over its alleged favoring of Clinton over Sanders is ongoing.
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FWIW, politics are dirty. (Original Post)
dae
May 2017
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I don't believe I've seen this level of division in my lifetime. I also freely admit that my own "ill feeling" is more intense than I've ever experienced, and hasn't diminished at all.
Autumn
(45,107 posts)2. The letter that Brock wrote to Bernie saying he is with us in the fight ahead is linked.
in the article.
dae
(3,396 posts)4. Maybe I'm just cynical in my old age, I base my trust on actions
not words. However Autumn if you are optimistic about his remarks I would give them added weight.
Autumn
(45,107 posts)5. I'm a very old cynic dae. Actions speak much louder than words.
Bill Clinton was talking about a man he had had a "word exchange" with at one time, he said "we have a saying down south, I wouldn't walk across the road to piss in his ear if his brain was on fire". That has stuck with me. Some people just aren't worth the time of day Bill Clinton could be pretty astute at times.
disillusioned73
(2,872 posts)7. The DNC fraud..
lawsuit has brought about some fairly interesting revelations.. but, unfortunately they can not be discussed around these parts..